"We got off to a good start, we played well, we were focused,
and our defense was good," Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins said.
"We moved the basketball and we started subbing and we didn't
get the same play from our bench."

Wade, the reigning NBA scoring champion, seemed in midseason
form.

Nursing a one-point lead with 40 seconds remaining, Wade
dribbled against Memphis rookie DeMarre Carroll, waiting to
pounce. With the shot clock running down, Wade did his patented
pull-up, head-fake, draw-contact and shoot move, his jumper from
the left side of the key rattling in. The free throw made it
97-93.

"I had to use my veteran-ness at that moment," Wade said. "He
was a young buck, so I know how it is. When you're young, you're
excited. So, got him."

Said Mayo: "Defensively, DeMarre learned things tonight."

Memphis had one last chance, but Haslem threw himself on the
floor for a loose ball and lobbed it from his knees ahead to
Wade, who scored to ice the win.

"That's the essence of everything we want a Miami Heat player to
embody," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "The name across the
jersey, Miami Heat, that's what it's all about, that play Udonis
made. That's who he is and that's who we want the Miami Heat to
be as well."

Miami was without Michael Beasley, sidelined with shoulder and
thumb ailments that won't keep him out of the Oct. 28 opener
against the New York Knicks. The Grizzlies didn't have Allen
Iverson (left hamstring) and Darrell Arthur (right pectoral) on
the trip.

Getting into a huge early hole - Miami trailed 24-7 by the
midway mark of the opening period, with at least four of its
presumed opening-night starters on the floor - wasn't exactly
what Spoelstra wanted to see.

But the defense came around. Memphis made 15 of its first 30
shots, then connected on 19 of 53 the rest of the way, 35.8
percent.

Mayo missed 9 of his first 12 shots, then hit a straightaway
3-pointer with 3:28 left to get the Grizzlies within 91-86.
Hasheem Thabeet grabbed an offensive rebound and laid it in with
52.9 seconds left - the only field goal in 11 minutes for the
7-foot-3, 267-pounder - cutting Miami's lead to 94-93.

They wouldn't score again.

"It's good to get a win and show that we have some resolve, that
even if we bend, we don't break," Haslem said.

Memphis simply dominated the opening quarter, slicing into the
paint for easy scores and outrebounding Miami 18-8. The
Grizzlies just couldn't maintain the pace.

Wade's turnaround jumper from the left corner pulled Miami into
a 60-60 tie with 9:27 left in the third, and Daequan Cook's
banked-in runner with 1.5 seconds left in the period pushed the
Heat lead to 79-71.

Another plus for the Heat: Their new backup point guard seems to
be fitting in nicely.

Carlos Arroyo, who played his college basketball in Miami at FIU
and kept a home in South Florida, finished with eight points and
four assists in 26 minutes in his "home" debut. The Heat signed
him last week to a non-guaranteed 1-year deal.

NOTES: Gay, reacting when Wade fouled him just before what would
have been a dunk attempt with 10:28 left in third quarter, said
"It's preseason," gently chiding his buddy. ... Miami ends the
preseason in Jacksonville, Fla. on Thursday against Atlanta. ...
Memphis' preseason finale is in Charlotte on Friday - with an
always-enjoyed 10:30 a.m. tip-off. ... Beasley will travel for
Thursday's game and wants to play, Spoelstra said. Chris Quinn
(ankle) also sat out for the Heat.